Fibers In Florence ARTF 456/556 Workshop

This 3-week intensive studio is a unique experience to learn fabric analysis, Jacquard design and weaving from Eva Basile, the Foundation Lisio’s expert instructor. Field trips to local museums and textile bottegas are led by the resident manager. Students work across the hall from the silk production looms. They interact daily with the weavers and support staff. They with the resident manager are housed in shared apartments on Lisio’s grounds in a true Italian neighborhood. 

Barcelona Urban Design Studio (UO ARCH 4/584)

The intermediate architectural design studio that engages the design of streets, plazas and other urban space from the human-scale for the betterment of health. The studio will be integrated with the seminar, media and advanced technology courses and provide an opportunity for students to use urban theory, data and media to inform data driven smart city design. The course will teach students to identify urban problems. They will be research, experience and observe these problem in-situ and remotely.

Advanced Technology and Barcelona Data (UO ARCH 410/510)

This course satisfies the Design Technology requirment for Architecture majors at the University of Oregon.  New data collection and computation techniques provide the opportunity for open, experiential and systematic understanding of site. The use of handheld mobile technology and new inexpensive microprocessors and sensors provides opportunity to bring the power of information to the lowest user level without the influence of larger economic and political forces.